IP Library Granted Patent US 9,963,233
Granted Patent B2
US 9,963,233 · App. 15/444,123 · Granted May 8, 2018

Modular monument assembly with shared water system

Inventors: Peter Detjen (Hamburg, DE); Edward Reams (Huntington Beach, CA); Christoph Goeschel (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: C&D ZODIAC, INC.
B64D11/02B64D11/04B64D2011/0046
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Patent No.
US 9,963,233
App. No.
15/444,123
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular monument assembly configured to be positioned in an aircraft that includes an enclosure that includes a first module and a second module, and a circulation system that is adapted to receive water from a water source. The circulation system includes a circulation line for circulating water, a water heater, a circulation pump, first and second faucets and first and second lines that are in fluid communication with the first and second faucets. The first faucet is positioned in the first module and the second faucet is positioned in the second module.

Claims (9)

1. A lavatory and galley arrangement configured to be positioned in an aircraft, the arrangement comprising:

a structure,

a galley positioned on a first side of the structure, wherein the galley includes a galley forward wall having an outer surface,

an outboard lavatory positioned on a second side of the structure, wherein the outboard lavatory includes an outboard lavatory forward wall having an outer surface, and wherein the outboard lavatory forward wall includes an outboard lavatory door having an outer surface, and

an inboard lavatory positioned between the galley and the outboard lavatory, wherein the inboard lavatory includes an inboard lavatory forward wall having an outer surface, and wherein the inboard lavatory forward wall includes an inboard lavatory door having an outer surface,

wherein the structure includes a first divider wall separating the galley and the inboard lavatory, and a second divider wall separating the inboard lavatory and the outboard lavatory, wherein the galley forward wall, outboard lavatory forward wall and inboard lavatory forward wall form a structure forward wall, and wherein the outer surfaces of the galley forward wall, the inboard lavatory forward wall, the outboard lavatory forward wall, the inboard lavatory door and the outboard lavatory door all lie in generally the same plane.

2. The lavatory and galley arrangement of claim 1 wherein the second divider wall extends between a structure rear wall and the structure forward wall.

3. The lavatory and galley arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the first divider wall extends between the structure rear wall and the structure forward wall.

4. The lavatory and galley arrangement of claim 3 wherein the inboard and outboard lavatories each include a toilet positioned therein, and wherein the toilet in the inboard lavatory is positioned further from the structure forward wall than the toilet in the outboard lavatory.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: C&D ZODIAC, INC.
To: SAFRAN CABIN INC.
Reel/Frame 055126/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2017
From: DETJEN, PETER; REAMS, EDWARD; GOESCHEL, CHRISTOPH
To: C&D ZODIAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 041422/0248 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14072749 · Nov 5, 2013
Provisional Application 61722327 · Nov 5, 2012
Provisional Application 61858073 · Jul 24, 2013
Related Publication 20170166311A1 · Jun 15, 2017